Fed Acknowledges Cybersecurity Breach

By

Victoria McGrane

Feb. 5, 2013 10:12 p.m. ET

The Federal Reserve acknowledged Tuesday night that it had suffered a cybersecurity breach, making it the latest government victim of hackers.

"The Federal Reserve System is aware that information was obtained by exploiting a temporary vulnerability in a website vendor product," a spokeswoman from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond said in an emailed statement. "The exposure was fixed shortly after discovery and is no...